Tray.



M. B. SOLOMON. TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11 1913.

1,094,261. Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

1 WITNESSES [Wm/TOR Zflf E y Wm ATTORNEYS a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS B. SOLOMON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN TRAY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., COMPOSED 0F MORRIS B. SOLOMON AND ABRAHAM SOLOMON.

TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS B. SOLOMON, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a res dent of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tray, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to trays having glass bottoms such as are used in households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals and other establishm'ents.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved tray arranged to permit of conveniently assembling the tray bottom, frame and railing and fastening the same together without resorting to soldering, at the same time-forming an exceedingly strong tray which is also neat and ornamental in appearance.

In order to accomplish the desired result use ismade of a support for the glass bottom to rest on, an angle iron coverin for the said support, the top member 0 the covering extending over the top margin of the said bottomto hold the latter in place on the support, a railing provided with posts resting on the top member of the said covering, and screws extending up through the support and passing through the top member of the covering and screwing into the said posts.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the. accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar 0 'aracters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the tray with part broken out; Fig. 2 is an enlargedsectional side elevation of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar view'of a modified form of the tray; and Fig. 4; is a similar view of another modified form of the tray.

The margin of the glass bottom A of the tray rests on a support B which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,.is in the form of a ringshaped frame of wood, and is provided with a rabbet B for the margin of the glass bottom A to rest on. The top and outer side of the support B are covered by an an 1e iron covering C, the top member of which extends inwardly over the top margin of the glass bottom A to hold the latter in po sition in the rabbet B. The covering C is provided at the opposite ends or sides with andles D for conveniently carrying the tray about. The covering C is provided on top with a railing E having posts E resting on the upper surface of the top member of the angle iron covering C, and screws F screw into the posts E from underneath, the screws F passing through the support B and the top member of the covering C so as to securely fasten the several parts together. Sundry of the screws F are provided with heads F in the form of knobs for supporting the tray on a table or other flat surface. The screws F pass through the support B from underneath and outside of the rabbet B so as not to interfere with the glass bottom A, which latter requires no apertures for the passage of the screws F, thereby saving labor and breakage in the manufacture of the tray. If desired the support B may be provided with a metallic lining G, as indicated in Fig. 2, the lining G being approximately U shaped in cross section and extending along the bottom and inner side of the support B as well as the bottom of the rabbet B so that no part of the support B is visible. As shown in Fig. 3, this lining G is omitted, but otherwise the construction of the tray is the same as above described.

The support for the glass bottom A may be in the form of one or more layers of cardboard or like material, as indicated at B in Fig. 4, and in this case the screws F pass through part of the support B and the top member of the covering C to finally screw into the posts E to securely fasten the same in place on the top member of the covering C. Lateral movement of the tray bottom A is prevented by short pieces H of angle iron soldered to the inner face of the vertical member of the covering C at each screw F, the latter passing through the bottom member of the piece H as plainly indicated in Fig. 4. The railing E of the tray is preferably in the form of a split metallic ring passing through apertures in the several posts E, thus providing a cheap as well as an ornamental railing for the tray.

It is understood that by the arrangement described the glass bottom A can be readily placed in position in the rabbet B of the 7 support B, and the-remaining parts can be readily a'ssembledand fastened in place by the screws F without resorting to soldering or other expensive fastening devices. It will be noticed that in case a part is broken, say the glass bottom A, then the several members of the tray can be readily taken apart and a new bottom inserted, and the parts refastened together by the screws F, as previously explained. Although the tray shown in Fig. 1 is rectangular, it is evident that the same may be made of circular or other shape without deviating from the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A tray, comprising a tray bottom, a frame for the said tray bottom, an angular covering fitting on the outer side and top of the frame and extending over the top margin of the said bottom to hold the latter in place on the said support, said coveringhaving handles at opposite sides a railing having posts resting on the top of the said covering, and screws passing up through the said frame and through the top of the said covering, thescrews screwing into the said posts to draw the same down into firm contact with the top of the said covering.

2. A tray, comprising a traybottom, a frame for the said tray bottom, an angular covering fitting on the outer side and top of the frame and extending over' the top margin of the said bottom to hold the latter in place on the said support, a railing having post-s resting on the top of the said covering, and screws passing up through the said frame and through the top of the said covering the screws screwing into the said posts to draw the same down into. firm contact with the top of the said covering, sundry of the said screws having heads in the form of knobs for supporting the tray on a flat surface. 1

3. A tray, comprising a glass bottom, a wooden frame having a rabbet along'the inner side supporting the margin of the said bottom, an angle iron covering extending over the top and outer side of the said frame and provided at opposite sides with handles, the top members of the said covering projecting inwardly over the top margin of the said bottom to hold the latter in place on the rabbet of the frame, a railing having posts resting on the .top member of the said covering, the osts being provided wit-h interior screw threads, and screws extending up through the frame outside of the rabbet and through the top member of the covering, the screws engaging the said screw threads, and sundry of the screws having heads in the form of knobs for supporting the tray on a flat surface.

4:. A tray, comprising a glass bottom, a wooden frame having a rabbet along its inner side supporting the margin of the said bottom, an angle iron covering extending over the top and outer side of the said frame, the top member of the said covering projecting inwardly over the top margin of the said bottom to hold the latter in place in the rabbet of the frame, a railing having posts resting on the top member of the said covering, the posts being provided with interior screw threads, a metal lining approximately U shape in-cross section and fitting onto the bottom of the rabbet, the inner edge and bottom of the frame and screws passing through the frame and the bottom portion of its lining and outside the said rabbet, the screws also passing through the top member of the covering and screwing into the said screw threads of the posts, sundryv of the screws having heads in the form of knobs for supporting the tray on a flat surface.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

V MORRIS B. SOLOMON. Witnesses: THEO. G. HOSTER,

PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

